well, due to my never ending supply of bad luck with my vl....... i have now done my head gasket hopefully no damage to the head as its pretty new pissed off cos the motor is pretty fresh cars at the mech now, getting a new head gasket and the top end freshened up, wat gasket are yous using? i heard the genuine one is the best now that the head has to come off, im contimplating getting some head work, just some mild work anyone know of places to get it done and rough prices? just a thought at this stage Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hey man, i have a cometic head gasket, .74 mls. theyre meant to be the ****, think bout $150 tho.

that sucks mat, keep at it though man, she is almost there, better the head gasket go now rather than later on down the track when you have the new ecu on.... as for headgaskets, alot of people go with a genuine nissan one, including myself, they cope well even with plenty of power/boost.

Yeah on a mild engine, genuine nissan one... I melted a piston on my car, and the head gasket didn't go lol...

investigate why it blew tho. couldve been a few reasons.. not torqued down right, leaned out and/or pinged, warped head, head not bled properly, etc etc

genuine nissan all the way dude! an while its off get a cam sorted an some valve springs, i wouldnt bother with any flowing an that unless your chasin alot more hp later on.

nissan gasket. less than $100 from any nissan dealer. she'll be as good as new! I suppose if you have extra money you can do some work to the head, if you think it's necessary? ;o

genuine nissan head gaskets are the best. $85 im the same as craig... my motor went before the gasket...

cheers fellas going with a genuine one not doing any head work looking at cam and valve springs instead

they like 60$ for genuine at the one in midland....

go to a nissan dealer not a holden they are different.i used arp head studs and nissan gasket ive havent had a problem . go the nissan gasket

bit of an update just went into the mechanic, car is just sitting there head hasnt even come off yet i had a bit of a sad at them and hopefully some progress is going to happen soon its only been 7 ****in weeks ordered new lifters etc sorting out a cam at the moment should hopefully have it back on the road in a few weeks also getting all my elec probs fixed sooo expect to see me out cruising most sundays this summer **** me i miss driving my vlt

Yeah that sucks waiting on mechanics, i done one in bout four days just after work for a mate, just make sure u dont use the original head bolts as they are one use bolt and replace them with arp head stud kit, well worth the money.

how much are they worth?

Quote: Originally Posted by MaZzA how much are they worth? Search Mat. A quick type of google came up with this mate; http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.a...&PrdGrpID=4575 (http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.asp?CatID=642&SubCatID=1107&priorCatID=1107&PrdGrpID=4575) Big Big Word Of Warning Mat.......Be careful with buying new lifters. Have you ordered genuine lifters? Im not sure if genuine lifters are an issue...they may be as factories may have changed eg japan to china etc. Plus genuine are up around the $900 or there abouts with trade price might be a little cheaper. Best thing to do is to get the original genuine nissan lifters reconditioned. If you have genuine nissan ones, they will have the nissan insignia (sign) on the lifter. This sign means awesome. Get those originals reconditioned. My friend Graham who is building up his vl (has been for 2 years, just funding problems), well he had just been running in new motor for less than 3 days, and he had to pull off rocker cover to measure something, anyway, it was found that a lifter had broken. Turns out, metal filings went through the motor. Motor had just been finished about 3 weeks ago and a run in tune put into it. Big end bearings buggered, camshaft was cactus, cylinders needed to be honed as some slight scraping, crosshatching needed, oil pump only just survived with some minor repair work required, turbo bearings were lucky to escape damage and rendering the turbo buggered.....so that was a relief for the turbo anyway. Costly exercise though. All the drama was due to a lifter breaking. Apparently Graham has made numerous phone calls and things that you dont hear unless you speak to ppl directly over east (like the big workshops and the like) are that there are many guys now reconditioning the factory genuine lifters as the new ones now are not much chop. Plenty of guys having issues. Numerous phone calls revealed this to eastern states. Just a word of warning Mat Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

cheap as, get the bolts matt, worth it

Arp head stud kit was $250 when i last bought them. and from repco but if u know someone in the cov or repco or what ever get them to find out if they can get them cheaper

7 weeks and they havent done it? Take it somewhere else Mat.

they charged me $80! Maybe $60 is trade? Quote: Originally Posted by skotvlct they like 60$ for genuine at the one in midland.... Hope its all fixed soon Mat. Im currently doing mine, its a **** of a job but u save heaps

heads off the car, its at the machinist gasket kit and lifters are waiting to go in finallllllllyyyyy!!!!!!!